Prime Movers Lab Webinar Preview: Opportunities for the Electric Grid
Grid modernization in an era where infrastructure & industrial policy are back!
Join in on Wednesday, August 10 at 3 pm EST/12 pm PST, as Brad Pruente and I dive into all things electric grid, featuring our new summer fellow, Liza Reed!
What are the investable opportunities that come from modernizing our electric grid as we move towards more renewable energy and electrification of transportation? What regulatory challenges stand in the way? What new technologies will enable us to meet ambitious decarbonization goals?
Panelists:
Tim Heidel is the co-founder and CTO of VEIR, a startup developing high-temperature superconducting wires to dramatically reduce electricity transmission losses. Tim has served in energy technology leadership roles in a variety of domains, with 15+ years of experience across academic (MIT), government (U.S. DOE ARPA-E), trade association (NRECA), and private investment (Breakthrough Energy Ventures). He brings a depth of hardware and software experience in utility grid technologies, power electronics, power semiconductor devices, and photovoltaics. He holds BS, MEng, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Technology Policy from MIT.
Anna Brockway is an advisor for Climate Adaptation & Resilience Planning at Southern California Edison. Anna studies how electric power systems are changing — and how they must change — in response to existing and emerging stressors. Her work has focused on stressors to conventional power system operation including climate change, renewable energy, electrification, and public scrutiny. Previously, Anna was a SunShot Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. DOE, where her focus was on expanding opportunities for solar energy and access to renewables through shared solar and community-oriented deployment models. She holds a PhD in Energy & Resources from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Haverford College.
Liza Reed is the research manager for electricity transmission at the Niskanen Center and is an expert in High Voltage Direct Current, electricity transmission, and technology innovation. Liza has worked on energy funding at the Great Lakes Energy Institute at Case Western Reserve University, wireless communication technology development at inmobly, and business analysis at Capital One Finance. She holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in Engineering and Public Policy and a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University.
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